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ALSA: How can I find a device in the device list and still I get "No such file or directory" when opening it?

It seems I don't understand the ALSA architecture, even after reading most of the documentation on offer:

I list all the available ALSA devices using snd_device_name_hint() and snd_device_name_get_hint(). This lists, among others "pulse" under hwdep class so it looks like PulseAudio is available in my system. But when I try to open it with snd_pcm_open() (non-blocking mode and either in or out) I get "No such file or directory".

What gives? I can open other devices, for instance the in-built Intel chip works fine, why doesn't PulseAudio?

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Is pulseaudio running with the alsa emulation plugin loaded before you try to open the pulse device? If I understand how asoundrc files work you can create virtual alsa devices from the config file (which is how a pulse device gets created) which will exist whether the backend for that virtual device is running or not.

Justin Smith  2010-01-20 14:42:29
How would I check this?
Makis  2010-01-20 16:02:38
I am not certain, but on further research pcm-pulse should be a built in part of pulseaudio rather than a module? Of course you need to be sure that pulseaudio is running, but the alsa device emulation should be automatically there.
Justin Smith  2010-01-20 16:17:46

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